St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-19
NO TAR AND FEATHERS.
A Little Random Talk Causes a Scare
Without Cause.
STILL THE ODIOUS EDITORIAL
The Operative Millers Declare Them
selves---Still Roasted by
the Press.

. PiiCO tliC IIlDullc SlIuSSlcu Will ITO
conscience, last Saturday evening, in
the matter of the recent outrageous edi-
torial, and the conscience came out sec
ond best, the few friends of the sheet
have abandoned all hope of cOntrite
apology. For the purpose of bolstering
up its position, the paper has printed
several alleged communications in
dOrsing its course, but they have been
too transparent to deceive the
most credulOus. If there was any
Such thing as justifying the Odious act,
these communications would come from
Minneapolis and be signed by names to
be found in the directory, and not come
from Indiana and Michigan, where the
Minneapolis Tribune is as little known
as it now should be in every community
where decency dwells. There is not
man in Minneapolis who calls himself
gentleman, who ever had the instincts
of a man, who ever knew the love
of mother, wife or sister, who is
familiar with the first principles of
honor and decency, who would for
moment dream of indorSing the course
the Tribune had not the courage to
withdraw from, and which it is now try
ing to braZen out.
THE MILLERS TALK.
The Operative MillerS of Minneapolis
are the latest to go on record as repudi-
ating the outrage: In a resolution
signed by T. S. Kelly, president, and j.
BOhn, secretary, they speak right to the
point, as follows:
Whereas his excellency, Grover Cleve
land, president of the United States, and
Mrs. Cleveland, his most lovely wife, by
earnest solicitation of our representative
citizens and the city council, consented to
become our guests, and the distinguished
party was most cordially received and royalty
entertained; and
Whereas The Minneapolis Tribune has
published most foul attack on the motives
of our chief magistrate, and insulted Mrs.
Cleveland the charming little lady whom we
all honor; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we most emphatlcally
brand the action of the above named paper
grace to our city, and we call on all decent
citizens TO think well before they admit the
vile sheet into their homes.
GUARDED BY POLICE.
Last night the usual quietude of Tenth
street was broken occasionally by the
heavy tread of patrOlman,s and still
more an occasional ''toot'" of duplex
whistle, showed that more than one OF
the blue-cOated guardians were in the
NlCllllGy. IA. d. DlCliiOli iifO9 III eii"o
street, between Second and Third ave-
nues, and the patrolmen were guarding
his residence. 1t appears that story
gained some little circulation that tar
and feather bee was under process of
incubation, and that Mr.. Blethen
was to receive an invitation
to participate. 1t reached his
ears and to he ready for an emergency,
in case he wished to decline the invita-
ton, the officers were detailed to that
beat. The strictest inquiry about the
city could find little foundation for such
a report. 1t seems that party of rail-
road men were discussing the editorial
at an uptown hotel and in the course of
their remarks one of them said tar and
feathers would be about right. This
was all there was to it.
Cards are quietly in circulation con-
tanning the following: ''Tar and feathers
on Bridge square Wednesday, 9 p. M"
Only this, and nothing more.
~ Chance for Haskell to Explain.
& WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-A. 81. S..
Davis, Washington correspondent of the
Minneapolis Tribune, in card in to-
days Post, says:
was pleased to learn from Mr.. Blethen to-
day that ne was absent on important bust
ness when the attack on Mrs. Cleveland was
made, and, of course, not only did not write
the article in question. but was not respon-
sible for it. The opposition OF his partner
prevented an apology.
This announcement, which officially
puts the burden of responsibility on Mr..
Haskell, is commented on as particu-
larly strange, because Mr.. Haskell's
fathers paper, the Boston Herald, is
Cleyeland'S most ardent supporter.